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THE    FINEST    TRAIN     IN    THE    WORLD, 


THE    GOLDEN     GATE    SPECIAL. 

UNION   PACIFIC  RAILWAY. 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC  COMPANY. 

PULLMAN'S  PALACE  CAR  COMPANY. 

BETWEEN 

COUNCIL  BLUFFS  OR  OMAHA  and  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


A    PULLMAN    VESTIBULED    TRAIN 


COPYRIGHT,    1883, 

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PASSENGER    DEPARTMENT,    UNION    PACIFIC    RAILWAY. 


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'THE   GOLDEN    GATE    SPECIAL"    ENTERING  ECHO  CANON. 


"  ghall    I    not  taKe  mj/  ease.' 


BANCROFT 


u;8R^>  DESCRIPTION. 


VTHE  GOLDEN  GATE  SPECIAL  consists  of  five  magnificent  Vestibuled  Pullman  Cars  :  Tqe  GOLDEN  Gate, 
vS)     Casa  Monica,  Khiva,  Rahula  and  Aladdin;  Baggage,  Dining,  Sleeping  and  Observation-Smoking  Cars 

respectively, 

The  Vestibule  system  is  so  well  known  for  its  safety  aqd  the  steadiness  of  motion  it  imparts  to  trains, 
tr\at  it  needs  no  description  here. 

Tr\e  Baggage  Car  "Golden  Gate,"  has  compartments  for  baggage,  the  Electric  Light  Apparatus, 
Barber  Shop  and  Gentlemen's  Bath  Room,  which  furnishes  ample  facilities  for  enjoying  the  luxury  of  a  bath 
while  en  route. 

Trie  Dining  Car,  "Casa  Monica,"  is  furnished  with  all  the  conveniences,  and  the  fact  that  the  cuisiqe 
is  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  Pullman.  Commissary  Department  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  of 
delicious  meals  and  perfect  service. 

Tf\e  cars  "Khiva"  aqd  "Rahula,"  furnish;  the  sleeping  apartments,  and  each  car  contains  twelve 
sections,  tqe  Ladies'  Bath  Roorq,  Toilet  Rooms  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  aqd  Drawing  Roorry  These  cars 
are  furnished  in  mahogany,  and  the  carpets,  upholstery  aqd  draperies,  being  selected  to  harmonize,  present 
an  ideal  picture  of  comfort,  art  and  luxury  unsurpassed. 

The  Composite  Car,  "Aladdin,"  t\\e  last  car,  deserves  especial  mention,  heaving  several  new  features. 
This  car  is  divided  into  compartments;  the  first  contains  six  luxurious  sleeping  sections  ;  ti^e  second  contains 
a  Buffet;  tf\e  thjrd,  a  large  open  room;  furnished  witr\  easy  chairs,  contains  a  library,  with  writing  materials, 
and  will  be  used  for  smoking,  but  more  particularly  as  an  observation  room.  The  end  windows  are  very 
large,  extending  fronq  the  top  of  the  car  to  within  fifteen  inches  of  the  floor,  and  afford  a  full  view  of  the 
magnificent  scenery  en  route 

Patrons  of  The  Golden  Gate  Special  will  therefore  be  provided  with,  all  the  comforts  and  conveniences 
of  the  finest  modern  hotel. 


"  (Joining  euents  oast  their  shadows  before." 


BARLY  in  1869,  the  two  pioneers  in  their  respective  lines — tr\e  Union  Pacific  Railway  and  Mr.  George  M. 
Pullman — conceived  the  idea  of  a  weekly  Pullman  Palace  Sleeping  Car  Train  between  Council  Bluffs 
aqd  San  Francisco ;  and  a  few  rqonths  later,  oq  went  the  train.  A  handsorqe  train  it  was,  too,  for tqose 
days,  when  th^e  accommodatioqs  for  tqe  traveler  were  rather  meagre  and  th^e  sleeping  car  was  just  beginning 
to  be  evolved  from,  tqe  discomforts  aqd  incoqveniences  of  the  old-fashioqed  coach.  The  train  paid;  but, 
alas  !  a  popular  fallacy  at  tqat  tinqe,  namely,  that  the  h.eavy  sleeping  cars  were  destructive  to  good  track  aqd 
good  road-bed — causing  untold  grief  to  tiqe  patieqt  road-master  and  the  practical  superintendent — souqded 
tqe  deatq-knell  of  this  train,  and  the  weekly  special,  so  to  speak,  was  relegated  for  a  few  years  to  innocuous 
desuetude.  An  absurd  fallacy  it  is  true,  but  like  others,  all-powerful  at  tqe  tirqe  ;  really  it  was  tqe  track,  qot 
the  cars,  tqat  caused  its  abaqdonmeqt.  It  was  before  tqe  day  of  seveqty-pound  steel  rails  aqd  rock  ballast 
road-bed-  But  qow,  "presto,  change!"  Tqe  track  and  road-bed  duriqg  these  twenty  years  have  corqe  up 
to  the  staqdard  of  the  cars,  aqd  the  improvements  of  the  oqe  vie  with  tqose  of  the  other.  So  qow  we  have 
"The  Golden  Gate  Special."  But  how  differeqt  !  The  first  "  sixty-niner"  was  oqly  a  shadow,  a  rqere 
forerunner,  a  "Jorm  the  Baptist  crying  iq  the  wilderness, "  as  it  were.  Now  we  r\ave  a  first-class  moderq 
qotel,  complete  iq  all  of  its  appointmeqts,  eacq  room  a  froqt  room  on  the  first  floor,  with  handsorqe  parlors, 
drawing-roorqs,  bed-chambers,  boudoirs,  library,  srqoking  and  reading  rooms,  barber  srpp,  bath-roorqs 
witq  hot  and  cold  water,  elegant  dining-roorqs,  promeqades,  observation  rooms,  steam  heat,  electric  light, 
attentive  employes,  rqaids  for  tqe  ladies,  valets  de  chambre  for  the  gentlerqen,  and  all  thjs  luxury,  a  palatial 
qotel  on  wheels,  rqoving  at  the  rate  of  fifty  miles  per  r\our,  and  rendered  safe  by  the  receqt  iqventions 
of  the  Pullman's  Palace  Car  Company,  which  has  beeq  the  pioneer  iq  all  the  great  improverqents  tqat  have 
made  rqodern  travel  safe,  comfortable  and  luxurious,  and  whose  name  is  a  guaranty  of  all  t^at  is  best  in  the 
specialty  that  has  made  it  justly  famous 


"This  way  safety  lies." 


/T'HE  great  addition  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  traveling  public  made  by  the  vestibuled  train, 
^f  is  n,ow  universally  conceded.  It  is,  perhaps,  not  so  well  known  that  the  appliances  of  the  Pullman 
Vestibuled  Train  are  even,  more  valuable  for  their  additional  safety  than  for  their  additional  convenience.  By 
their  use  the  telescoping  of  trains,  in  case  of  accident,  is  practically  impossible.  The  entire  train  is  rnade  a 
solid  train,  and  the  possibility  of  one  car  projecting  itself,  in  case  of  accident,  upon  and  into  an  adjacent  car, 
is  absolutely  rerr[0ved. 

The  Pullman-Sessions  Patents,  exclusively  owned  and  controlled  by  the  Pullman  Company,  almost 
remove  the  tendency  to  the  swaying  and  oscillation  of  cars  by  tr\e  use  of  plates  at  the  point  of  contact  of  the 
cars,  sustained  in  place  by  powerful  springs  which,  produce  a  continuous  and  perfect  alignment  of  cars — 
in  fact,  a  solid  train, 

Comfort  and  safety  are  thereby  secured,  and  the  disagreeable  features  of  travel  are  reduced  to  a 
minimum.  The  cars  composing  this  train,  constructed  with  the  appliances  referred  to,  constitute  the  highest 
and  best  developnqent  of  car  construction,  and  realize  the  highest  conception  of  comfortable,  luxurious 
and  safe  travel.     Thjs  magnificent  train  was  especially  built  for  The  Golden  Gate  Special. 


"  I'll  put  a  girdle  around  tbe  earth." 


/THE  apparatus  for  operating  the  electric 
v3)  light  consists  of  a  small   rotary  engine  aqd 

a  dynamo,  located  in  the  baggage  com- 
partment of  the  car  Golden  Gate.  Tqe  engine 
is  supplied  witq  stearrj  direct  frorq  the  locomo- 
tive, and  each  car  has  under  it  a  storage  battery, 
which,  is  constantly  beiqg  charged  by  the 
dynarqo;  thus  providing  a  sufficient  supply  to 
light  th,e  train,  under  all  conditions. 

Side  Light. — By  a  simple  and  ingenious 
device  an  incandescent  electric  lamp  can  be 
placed  in  a  convenieqt  position,  for  reading  iq 
eacq  sectioq.  Tf\is  device  eqables  a  traveler  to 
read  at  night  with,  the  utrqost  facility. 

The  Steam  Heating  System  is  furqished 
witq  stearq  direct  frorq  tqe  locomotive;  aqd  by 
a  systerq  of  valves,  tqe  temperature  caq  be  reg- 
ulated as  desired.  In  case  the  engine  from  any 
cause  should  be  uqable  to  give  the  necessary 
stearq,  it  is  so  arranged  that  the  traiq  can  be 
heated  by  the  ordinary  hot  water  circulatioq, 
insuring  at  all  times  a  comfortable  temperature. 


ELECTRIC    LIGHT    APPARATUS. 


A  Regular  Fire  Brigade  has  beeq  orgaqized  arqong  tqe  traiq  employes  aqd  is  supplied  witq  tqe  best 
cqerqical  extinguisqers,  axes,  etc,  Fire  qose  is  attached  to  tqe  pressure  water  taqks  iq  eacq  car,  aqd  tqe 
brigade  thoroughly  drilled  for  fire  duty. 


"  gootUmorrowB,  gentlemen,  icben    I've   batbed    I'll  oooie." 


*7H*  H  E  proper  tirr\e  of  day  for  bathing  has  varied 
v£f  in  all  countries,  ancient  and  rqodern,  cli- 
rr|ate  aqd  temperature  governing  the  rpur.  ]r\ 
our  own  latitude  a  study  of  the  laws  of  health, 
seenqs  to  indicate  tr\e  early  morning,  just  after 
rising,  as  tr^e  proper  tirr\e  for  ablutioq.  Tf\e 
morning  batr\  is  a  refreshing  invigorator  whose 
influence  lasts  all  day. 

TY\e  old  aristocratic  bathes  of  milk,  oil  and 
wiqe  are  out  of  fashjoq  now,  but  th,e  refresh- 
ing grace  of  a  hot  or  cold  water  bath  to  a 
traveler  is  a  luxury  whjch  never  grows  old. 
Out  of  a  luxurious  bed  aqd  iqto  as  elegant  a 
bath/oonri  as  any  hotel  caq  boast  is  one  of  the 
pleasures  afforded  the  traveler  on  The  Golden 
Gate  Special.  The  bath/oom  is  a  full  section 
inclosed  \r\  solid  mahogany  with  curtailed  car 
windows. 


**«*«J**J 


pENTLEMEN'8  BATH    ROOM. 


"  {t  shall  to   the   barbers   with   your  beard. 


Q  HAVING  is  a  very  ancient  custom,  and  may 
^P  be  accounted  anqong  one  of  the  luxuries 
of  modern  times.  Fancy  a  barber  of  three 
hundred  years  ago — a  real  old  thoroughbred — 
who  was  corn  and  bunion  doctor,  blood  letter 
in  general,  and  high  up  in  trqe  hidden  mysteries 
of  herbs  —  witnessing  the  spectacle  of  a  man 
sitting  down  calmly  in  a  handsomely  ap- 
pointed shop  to  be  shaved  by  a  deft  artist — 
and  this  on  a  railway  train  moving  at  the  rate  of 
fifty  miles  an  hour!  Witchcraft,  nothing  less! 
Yet  this  is  to  be  seen  on  The  Golden  Gate  Special 
every  week  So  solid  and  compact  are  these 
Vestibuled  traiqs  that  the  delight  of  a  clean 
sr\ave  every  mornjng  can  be  enjoyed  witf\  as 
much  ease  and  comfort  as  at  Iqome. 


BARBER    SHOP   FOR    GENTLEMEN. 


"  go  they  bathed,  and  read,  and  roamed." 


/H*HE  Ladies'  Batq  Roorq,  located  iqthesleep- 
\£P  ing  cars,  occupies  the  space  of  a  full 
section,  giving  ample  roorq  for  a  comfortable 
bath,  witq  the  privacy  of  same  accommodations 
at  a  qotel,  witq  every  convenience  aqd  r\ot  and 
cold  water.  Theq  the  day  begins  iq  the  same 
orderly  and  comfortable  manner  tr\at  it  would 
at  home;  there  is  hardly  a  suggestion  of  flying 
through  the  country  oq  a  railway  train,  as 
brightened  and  refreshed  one  leisurely  coq- 
templates  tqe  enjoyrrjents  of  the  day. 

Oq  The  Go/den  Gate  Special  every  week,  will 
be  found  a  lady  attendant,  or  more  correctly 
speaking,  a  matronly  superintendent  of  thjs  pal- 
ace hotel  on  wheels.  Thjs  attendant  has  been 
especially  selected  for  her  known  qualifications 
and  skill,  and  will  prove  a  kindly  and  needful 
friend  to  ladies  and  children.  Many  a  tired 
mother  traveling  without  escort  will  find,  in  this 
matured  and  experieqced  worqaq,  the  greatest 
possible  help  aqd  assistance  in  many  ways. 
She  helps  to  relieve  the  tediurq  of  travel,  and 
abolish,  for  all  time  tr\e  dreadful  tax  whjchi  has 
for  so  many  years  been  levied  upoq  fellow 
passengers  wheq  childreq  are  upoq  the  train. 
Sh.e  will  be  found  cheerful,  obliging  and  always 
©  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand,  and  will  cer- 
tainly fill  a  long  felt  waqt. 


0WS*S» 
LAilEi'    BATH    ROOM. 


"Ihen   to    breakfast    voith    vohat   appetite   j/ou    bane." 


BREAKFAST,  the  first  rrieal  of  trie  day,  pos- 
sessed a  strong  significance  in  the  olden 
tinqes.  It  was  peculiarly  venerated  among  t\\e 
aqcients,  The  meal  was  not  alone  the  breaking 
of  a  fast,  but  also  the  omeq  for  the  day  whjch  it 
opened.  From  the  character  of  t\\e  viands  par- 
taken of  by  the  family  were  divined  the  augu- 
ries, good  or  bad,  for  the  household  during  the 
day. 

To  discuss  breakfast  in  agreeable  com- 
pany, and  meantime  be  whirled  along  swiftly 
and  surely,  surrounded  by  all  the  comforts,  the 
elegancies,  the  dainty  fare,  the  skilled  service 
of  well-trained  servants,  is  more  like  a  dream 
than  a  substantial  reality.  But  on.  The  Golden  Gate 
Special,  every  rooming,  are  seeqthiese  groups  of 
contented  passengers  breakfasting  attire  well- 
appointed  tables.  The  fare  is  excellent,  admi- 
rably cooked  and  served,  and  simply  emphasizes 
tr\e  already  world-wide  reputation  of  the  Pull- 
man Dining  Car  System.  Breakfast  is  served 
from  7  to  9  o'clock  a.  m. 


BREAKFAST — DINING   CAR. 


"  And   a  seat>   too,  'mongsl  tbe   Joj/s   of  the   blest   tobaooo   boys." 


^THERE  is  a  tradition  to  the  effect  that  the 
^r  right  of  every  full-blooded  American  to 
smoke  im mediately  after  breakfast  is  expressly 
implied  somewhere  in  the  Constitution.  In  this 
palace  r^otel  on  wheels  one  m,ay  adjourn  from 
tr\e  breakfast  roorq  to  the  snqoking  room,  and 
there  take  solid  comfort.  It  rr\ay  be  noted  that 
oq  The  Golden  Gate  Special  tqe  very  finest 
brands  of  cigars,  wiqes  and  liqueurs  are  fur- 
bished. In  fact,  these  articles  are  especially 
irqported  for  use  on  this  train,  and  the  perfec- 
tion of  their  rr\erit  is  unquestioned.  The  pas- 
senger will  remark,  also,  tr\e  absence  of  the 
amiable  but  persistent  peanut  boy  and  news 
vendor.  Th^ese  annoyances  are  avoided  on  The 
Golden  Gate  Special,  and  rqake  this  train  perfect. 


BUFFET — COMPOSITE    CAR. 


"Rn    ever- widening    realm    of   booths.' 


t    l<tl 


6 UT  smoking  eveq  the  best  of  cigars  is  not 
the  most  profitable  of  employments.  Step 
into  the  library.  Has  it  occurred  to  you  by  this 
time  that  The  Golden  Gate  Special  is  a  very 
wonderful  train?  Here  are  over  two  hundred 
volumes  of  handsomely  bourid  books;  oqly  the 
best  authors  are  represented.  A  selection  caq 
be  made  from,  trje  realm,  of  fictioq,  history, 
poetry  or  travel.  Ori  the  table  are  all  the  more 
prominent  magazines  published  \r\  this  country, 
and  a  number  of  the  latest  newspapers.  It  is 
easy  to  while  away  hours  here  in  such  good 
company.  A  comfortable  writing  table,  and 
tastefully  stamped  letter  paper  irrvite  oqe  to 
write,  as  the  traiq  spiqs  along,  and  tell  the 
friends  at  l|ome  about  this  luxurious  palace 
h[Otel  on  wheels. 


LlbRARY — COMPOSITE    CAR. 


Qf  spioed   meats,    and   costWest    fish,   and   all   that   the   curious   palate   could   uoish." 


LUNCH — DINING  CAR. 


UNCH  is  that  informal,  rather  hurried  stop- 
ping place  nqidway  between  breakfast 
and  dinner,  aqd  in  this  fast  age  but  little 
thought  is  bestowed  upon  tqe  repast.  It  is 
endured  rather  as  a  rr\atter  of  necessity  ;  some- 
thing must  be  doqe  to  stay  the  stomach  until 
that  later  and  better  meal  caq  be  more  fully 
enjoyed  after  the  day's  engagements  have  been 
rqet  and  dismissed.  Bancroft  library 

Luqch  is  served  from  12  to  2  o'clock  P.  M. 
Tf^e  sarqe  delicate  service  wr\icr\  is  observed 
at  breakfast  n^arks  tlqe  rqid-day  repast,  Tr^e 
larder  is  stocked  witr\  all  tr\e  varieties  tr\e 
rqarket  affords,  and  th^ere  seerqs,  iq  fact,  no  dif- 
ference between,  lunching  iq  tqe  Dining  Car  oq 
The  Co/den  Gate  Special  and  at  a  graqd  hotel ;  but 
tqere  is  a  prefereqce  in  favor  of  tqe  former.  In 
passing  to  and  fro  oq  tqe  traiq,  for  meals  or 
pronqenades,  tlqe  special  feature  of  tr\e  Vestibule 
Systenq  is  noted;  tqere  is  a  perfect  qall-way 
frorq  one  end  of  the  train  to  tqe  otqer,  entirely 
free  from  draughts,  aqd  so  safely  inclosed  tqat 
eveq  a  eqild  can  qot  come  to  qarm. 


"The  light  still  lingers  in  the  W)est." 


'HE  always  coqsoling  after-dinner  cigar  en- 
joyed, there  remain  a  few  brief  moments 
when,  from  the  Observation  Room  of  The  Golden 
Gate  Special,  the  splendor  of  a  western  sunset 
can  be  seeq  in  all  its  glory.  Nowhere  on  this 
broad  Continent  can  there  be  witnessed  such  a 
tender  play  of  light  and  color,  such  glowing 
tints,  as  along  the  route  of  The  Golden  Gate 
Special.  Imagine  a  view  such  as  the  flying  bird 
has — seen  with  human  vision — whicri  compre- 
hends tr\e  true  and  the  beautiful,  whether  found 
in  the  realm  of  nature  or  of  art.  Imagine  the 
h.eavens  divinely  painted  ;  the  earth  striviny  to 
give  back  its  color  ;  t\\e  concourse  of  peaks 
nqeeting  the  clouds,  aqd  the  valleys  stretching 
betweeq  developing  upon,  the  sight.  Soon  it  is 
time  to  start  tr\e  electric  lights,  draw  the  curtains 
and  sit  down  for  a  quiet  talk,  or  visit  the  Library 
and  the  Drawing  Room,. 


EXTERIOR    OBSERVATION    CAR. 


"  gteep,  that  l^nits  up  tbc  rareVd  sleaue  of  oar«." 


H*— 


,— •  !"—  i— '  i* '  "■  ,'"■  *  u'\  - 


"p^TIME  to  turn  in!  Well,  h^ere  is  your  room, 
^f  equal  in  every  respect  to  any  you  will 
find  in  a  first-class  hotel.  Ring  tqe  bell  !  Triere 
is  a  luxurious  coucr\,  sqow-white  sheets,  hand- 
some counterpane,  and  tr\e  softest  of  pillows, 
all  dainty  enough  to  tempt  old  Morpheus  hirq- 
self,  or  eveq  tqe  man  who  first  iqveqted  sleep 
and  received  therefor  the  blessing  of  Saqcho 
Paqza.  Aqd  here  you  qave  tqe  privacy,  the 
safety  and  the  comfort  of  your  own  bedcharq- 
ber,  It  qas  not  been  so  hard  a  rqatter  to  spend 
a  day  on  The  Go/den  Gate  Special,  after  all! 
On  the  coqtrary,  a  bath,  cleaq  sqave,  good 
breakfast,  srqoke,  books  and  papers,  sumptu- 
ous luqch,  beautiful  sceqery,  promeqade,  an 
excelleqt  dinner  and  a  splendid  bed.  A  verita- 
ble palace  hotel  on  wheels!  Precisely.  Good- 
night, and  pleasaqt  dreams. 


SLEEPING    BERTH. 


11  Qur  little  lii?C3  are  rounded  with  a  sleep." 


■ 


4erl 


THE    GOLDEN    GATE. 


go  again,   Rood  Y\\^ht," 


THE  JOURNEY  TO  THE  GOLDEN  GATE. 

'ROSSING  th,e  Missouri  River  from  the  Transfer  Depot,  Council  Bluffs,  via  Union  Pacific,   "  The  Overland 
Route,"    over  a   magnificent  steel  bridge  of    eleven  spans,  75  feet  above  tf\e  water,  eacn  span.  250 
feet  long,   resting  upon  immense  stone  piers,  Omaha  is  reached,  and  the  trip  across  the  continent  to 
San,  Francisco  commences. 

The  train  passes  rising  towns  and  sturdy  young  cities  through  fertile  Nebraska,  and  teaches  Cheyenne 
516  miles  from  Omaha.  Here  the  Kansas  Main  Line,  via  Denver,  connects  with  th.e  Nebraska  Main  Line  from 
Council  Bluffs.  Leaving  Cheyenne  the  train  climbs  a  grade  of  2,000  feet  in  33  miles  to  Sherman,  8,247  feet 
above  sea  level,  and  the  highest  point  of  the  trans-continental  ride  between  the  Missouri  River  and  th,e 
Pacific  coast.  From  Sherman  can  be  seen  Long's  Peak,  nearly  200  miles  away,  and  th,e  Ames  Monument, 
a  pyramidal  granite  structure  sixty-five  feet  iq  height,  erected  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  to  the  memory 
of  the  Ames  brothers,  to  whom,  the  completion,  of  the  Union.  Pacific  Railway  was  largely  due:  Hippopot- 
amus Rock  is  one  of  the  sights  of  tr\e  vicinity.  Beyond  Sherman  is  Dale  Creek  bridge,  a  remarkable  slgr\t, 
tr\e  structure-way,  of  iron,  stretching  from  bluff  to  bluff,  a  650-foot  span,  127  feet  above  the  creek.  Pike's 
Peak  can  be  seen,  165  miles  to  the  south.  Th.e  great  continental  divide  i?  crossed  two  miles  west  of  Creston 
Green  River,  an  important  point,  is  1,074  miles  frorq  Kansas  City,  and  847  miies  from  Council  Bluffs. 
Here  the  trains  for  Portland,  Oregon.,  are  made  up  over  the  Oregon,  Short  Line,  a  division  of  th,e  Union 
Pacific,  diverging  frorqthe  Main.  Liqe  at  Granger,  30  miles  west.  From  Green  River,  tr^e  trip  to  San  Francisco 
is  continued  Three  miles  west  of  Green.  River  is  Fislq  Cut.  Green  River  Buttes  are  within  sight  for  miles. 
After  passing  Granger,  Evanston,  a  town,  of  importance  in.  Wyoming  Territory  with,  a  population  of  2,000  is 
reached.  Wahsatch.  Station  is  on  tf\e  summit  of  th,e  Wahsatch  Mountains;  its  elevation  is  6,8i2  feet.  The 
road  h,ere  enters  Ecrp  Canyon  and  crosses  Echo  Creek  thirty-one  times  in  twenty-six  miles.  Th/ee  and  a 
naif  miles  west  of  Wahsatch,  the  train  enters  a  tunnel  900  feet  long.  One  mile  east  of  Castle  Rock  are  rocks 
resembling  the  old  ruiqs.     "Hanging  Rock''  is  what  its  name  indicates.      Two  and  a  naif  miles  west  of 


Emory,  oq  the  biuff,  is  a  rock  called  "Jack  iq  the  Pulpit,"  aqd  next  can  be  seen,  the  heights  of  Echo  Canyon, 
oq  which  are  old  Mormoq  fortifications.  Tqen  corqe  "  Steamboat  Rocks."  Just  before  reaching  Echo  are 
seen  the  "Amphitheatre,"  "Pulpit  Rocks,"  aqd  "Bromley's  Cathedral."  At  Ecqo  Station,  Weber  Caqyon  is 
eqtered.  Oqe  aqd  a  qalf  miles  west  of  Echo  can  be  seeq  the  "Witch  Rocks."  Five  miles  farther  is  the  1,000- 
rqile  tree,  and  a  rqile  fartqer  is  "Devil's  Slide."  Echo  and  Weber  canyons  compare  favorably  with,  the 
celebrated  Colorado  canyoqs.  Three  and  a  half  miles  west  of  Croyden,  tlqe  canyoq  broadens  out,  aqd  to  the 
left  is  noticed  the  first  of  tqe  Mormoq  settlements.  About  half  a  mile  away,  betweeq  Petersoq  and  Uintah, 
Statioq,  "  Devil's  Gate"  is  to  be  seeq,  and  shortly  after  the  country  widens  into  tqe  Great  Salt  Lake  Valley, 
wheq  Ogdeq  is  reached.     The  valley  is  oqe  of  striking  beauty. 

Ogdeq  is  1,034  miles  frorq  Council  Bluffs,  1,260  miles  frorq  Kansas  City,  and  833  miles  frorq  Saq  Fran- 
cisco; tqe  trip  to  Salt  Lake  City  aqd  Garfield  Beacq  is  made  frorq  this  point,  Frorq  Ogdeq,  the  trip  across 
tqe  Continent  to  Saq  Francisco  is  continued  over  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad.  Leaving  Ogdeq,  one  passes 
over  great  plains  aqd  througq  immense  snow  sh,eds,  great  mountain  ranges  aqd  jagged  fool-hills. 

The  crowning  sceqes  of  tqe  trip  across  Utaq  and  Nevada  to  Saq  Francisco  are  not  beheld  until  after 
leaving  Reqo.  Cape  Horn,  Emigraqt  Gap,  the  Sierra  Nevadas,  Donner  Lake  aqd  other  objects  of  iqterest 
will  be  found.  Nevada  is  celebrated  for  her  mineral  resources  and  scenic  beauty;  notably,  the  great  mines 
of  Virginia  City,  and  the  Sutro  Tunnel;  the  marvelous  Carson  and  Humboldt  sinks,  in  whicq  the  waters  of  all 
tqe  rivers  iq  the  State  of  Nevada,  save  oqe,  are  swallowed;  the  Mud  Lakes,  the  Borax  marshes,  aqd  countless 
numbers  of  thermal  springs.  Oqe  hundred  and  fifty-five  miles  frorq  Reno  is  Sacrameqto,  a  beautiful  city, 
the  capital  of  California,  delightfully  located  upoq  tqe  east  bank  of  the  Sacramento  River,  in  the  midst  of 
the  most  productive  graiq  fields,  vineyards,  aqd  orchards  iq  the  world,  with,  a  delightful  climate. 

Frorq  Sacramento,  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad  branches,  viaLathrop,  to  Los  Angelesaqd  prominent  cities 
and  noted  resorts  of  California.  Frorq  Sacrameqto,  the  Davis  cut-off,  now  tqe  maiq  line  of  tqe  Central  Pacific 
road,  runs  to  Oakland,  with,  a  transfer  to  Saq  Fraqcisco,  aqd  here  terminates  the  trip  "Across  tqe  Continent," 
where  "old  Sol,"  red  frorq  his  day's  exertioq,  sinks  to  rest  iq  tqe  broad  bosorq  of  tf^e  Pacific  Oceaq,   beyond 

"THE  GOLDEN  GATE." 


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